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ESXI-06-000028 - The SSH daemon must limit connections to a single session.
Information
The SSH protocol has the ability to provide multiple sessions over a single connection without reauthentication. A compromised client could use this feature to establish additional sessions to a system without consent or knowledge of the user.Solution
To set the MaxSessions setting, add or correct the following line in '/etc/ssh/sshd_config':MaxSessions 1
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMware_vSphere_6-0_ESXi_V1R5_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0 STIG v1r5 Unix
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-10, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Group-ID|V-63225, Rule-ID|SV-77715r1_rule, STIG-ID|ESXI-06-000028, Vuln-ID|V-63225
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 8036bacfb83d583c6fb2295646c51c59fd97019ac002447c06c2a7cac0c137a1